Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to methods and apparatus for depositing metal silicide layers on substrates and chamber components. In one embodiment, a method of forming a hardmask includes positioning the substrate having a target layer within a processing chamber, forming a seed layer comprising metal silicide on the target layer and depositing a tungsten-based bulk layer on the seed layer, wherein the metal silicide layer and the tungsten-based bulk layer form the hardmask. In another embodiment, a method of conditioning the components of a plasma processing chamber includes flowing an inert gas comprising argon or helium from a gas applicator into the plasma processing chamber, exposing a substrate support to a plasma within the plasma processing chamber and forming a seasoning layer including metal silicide on an aluminum-based surface of the substrate support.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device such as a Zener diode includes a first semiconductor material of a first conductivity type and a second semiconductor material of a second conductivity type in contact with the first semiconductor material to form a junction therebetween. A first oxide layer is disposed over a portion of the second semiconductor material such that a remaining portion of the second semiconductor material is exposed. A polysilicon layer is disposed on the exposed portion of the second semiconductor material and a portion of the first oxide layer. A first conductive layer is disposed on the polysilicon layer. A second conductive layer is disposed on a surface of the first semiconductor material opposing a surface of the first semiconductor material in contact with the second semiconductor material.
Abstract:
Chemical vapor deposition processes utilize higher order silanes and germanium precursors as chemical precursors. The processes have high deposition rates yet produce more uniform films, both compositionally and in thickness, than films prepared using conventional chemical precursors. In preferred embodiments, trisilane is employed to deposit SiGe-containing films that are useful in the semiconductor industry in various applications such as transistor gate electrodes.
Abstract:
Thin, smooth silicon-containing films are prepared by deposition methods that utilize trisilane as a silicon source. In preferred embodiments, the methods result in Si-containing films that are continuous and have a thickness of about 150 Å or less, a surface roughness of about 5 Å rms or less, and a thickness non-uniformity of about 20% or less. Preferred silicon-containing films display a high degree of compositional uniformity when doped or alloyed with other elements. Preferred deposition methods provide improved manufacturing efficiency and can be used to make various useful structures such as wetting layers, HSG silicon, quantum dots, dielectric layers, anti-reflective coatings (ARC's), gate electrodes and diffusion sources.
Abstract:
A method of making a high voltage MOSFET, wherein a substrate (2) of a first conductivity type is provided, an epitaxial layer (1) also of the first conductivity type is deposited on the substrate, a plurality of trenches (44, 46) are formed in the drift region of the epitaxial layer, the trenches, which extend toward the substrate from the first and second body regions (5a, 6a, 5b, 6b), are filled with a material that includes a dopant of the second conductivity type, and the dopant is diffused from the trenches into portions of the epitaxial layer adjacent the trenches. Furthermore, a breakdown voltage is measured in the epitaxial layer and compared to a desired breakdown voltage, an additional diffusion time being determined by using a predetermined relationship between diffusion time and breakdown voltage, and a further diffusionstep is perfomed for said additional diffusion time.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a flash memory device in which minimal gate edge lifting is accomplished by minimally oxidizing the gate stack and exposed surface of the substrate, anisotropically etching the layer of oxide from the substrate, forming a doped solid source material on portions of the substrate in which source regions are to be formed and diffusing the dopants from the solid source material into the substrate.
Abstract:
A power MOSFET is provided that includes a substrate (2) of a first conductivity type. An epitaxial layer (1) also of the first conductivity type is deposited on the substrate. First and second body regions (5a, 6a, 5b, 6b) are located in the epitaxial layer and define a drift region between them. The body regions have a second conductivity type. First and second source regions (7, 8) of the first conductivity type are respectively located in the first and second body regions. A plurality of trenches (44, 46) are located below the body regions in the drift region of the epitaxial layer. The trenches, which extend toward the substrate from the first and second body regions, are filled with a material that includes a dopant of the second conductivity type. The dopant is diffused from the trenches into portions of the epitaxial layer adjacent the trenches so as to form semiconductor regions (40, 42) of the second conductivity type under the body regions.
Abstract:
A method for producing a vertical semiconductor device having a structural part where n - semiconductor regions and p - semiconductor regions are alternated without burying in a trench by epitaxial growth. A p - silicon layer (13) to serve as a p - semiconductor regions (12) is formed. From the side wall of a first trench (22) formed in the p - silicon layer (13), n - type impurities are diffused into the p - silicon layer (13) to form a n - semiconductor region (11).
Abstract:
A power MOSFET is provided that includes a substrate (2) of a first conductivity type. An epitaxial layer (1) also of the first conductivity type is deposited on the substrate. First and second body regions (5a, 6a, 5b, 6b) are located in the epitaxial layer and define a drift region between them. The body regions have a second conductivity type. First and second source regions (7, 8) of the first conductivity type are respectively located in the first and second body regions. A plurality of trenches (44, 46) are located below the body regions in the drift region of the epitaxial layer. The trenches, which extend toward the substrate from the first and second body regions, are filled with a material that includes a dopant of the second conductivity type. The dopant is diffused from the trenches into portions of the epitaxial layer adjacent the trenches so as to form semiconductor regions (40, 42) of the second conductivity type under the body regions.
Abstract:
A doping sequence that reduces the cost and complexity of forming source/drain regions in complementary metal oxide silicon (CMOS) integrated circuit technologies. The process combines the use of patterned excimer laser annealing, dopant-saturated spin-on glass, silicide contact structures and interference effects created by thin dielectric layers to produce source and drain junctions that are ultrashallow in depth but exhibit low sheet and contact resistance. The process utilizes no photolithography and can be achieved without the use of expensive vacuum equipment. The process margins are wide, and yield loss due to contact of the ultrashallow dopants is eliminated.